President Higgins pays tribute to Former Labour minister Mervyn Taylor, who has died aged 89

Tributes have been paid to former minister, who has died at the age of 89

Mervyn Taylor: Labour Party Leader Alan Kelly said Mr Taylor 'helped change Ireland for the better' and that he would be sadly missed.

President Michael D Higgins has said the death of former Labour Minister Mervyn Taylor “represents the passing of an icon in the struggle for equality”.

Leading tributes to Mr Taylor who died at the age of 89, President Higgins described him as a founding figure in the movement for equal access for all citizens before the law.